Palace attracts 413,000 visitors
Buckingham Palace enjoyed its best summer opening in more than 15 years attracting over 400,000 visitors, officials said.
The crowds flocked to the Queen's official London home to tour the historic building's lavishly decorated state rooms and the annual royal exhibition.
Staff welcomed 413,000 members of the public during the eight-week opening, just 7,000 below the record set in 1994 – the year after the Palace was first opened to visitors.
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Hide AdA spokesman for the Royal Collection Trust said many past visitors returned this summer to see the exhibition, the Queen's Year, which used clothes and objects to chronicle a typical 12 months in the monarch's life.
The Palace's new garden cafe also proved popular.